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. 2006 Dec;146(3):455–462. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03231.x

Table 4.

Oxidative burst, phagocytosis and chemotaxis before and after deoxyspergualin (DSG) therapy.

Patients before and after DSG Oxidative burst (FI) Phagocytosis (FI) Chemotaxis (counts)


Neutrophils Neutrophils Monocytes Neutrophils

fMLP E. coli PMA E. coli fMLP
1
 Before 50 205 1297 739 508 6 711
 After 111 356 1151 1034 624 282
2
 Before 105 285 912 1121 1010 941
 After 207 438 553 1149 967 526
3
 Before 38 329 520 1122 640 7 573
 After 80 295 1005 842 696 11 554
4
 Before 110 286 305 2092 985 1 552
 After 61 385 554 1368 903 2 471
P-value 0·273 0·144 0·715 0·715 0·715 1·0

FI: fluorescence intensity; fMLP: formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine; PMA: phorbol myristate acetate. P-value: before versus after treatment.